Definition of Apocope

Definition of Apocope

1.n. The cutting off, or omission, of the last letter, syllable, or part of a word.

Definition of Apocope

1. Noun. (prosody) The loss or omission of a sound or syllable from the end of a word. ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Apocope

1. an omission of the last sound of a word [n -S] : APOCOPIC [adj]

Medical Definition of Apocope

1.
1. The cutting off, or omission, of the last letter, syllable, or part of a word.
2. A cutting off; abscission.
Origin: L, fr. Gr. A cutting off, fr. To cut off; from + to cut.
Source: Websters Dictionary
(01 Mar 1998)

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Literary usage of Apocope

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1.Observations on the Language of Chaucer's Troilus by George Lyman Kittredge (1891)"apocope of weak -e after a syllable having a secondary accent (ten Brink, ...
apocope of weak -e immediately after the syllable bearing the main accent. ..."

3.An Old English Grammar by Eduard Sievers (1903)"The vowels of other final syllables than those already instanced do not undergo
apocope in OE. In particular, all vowels are retained which are still ..."

4.From Latin to Spanish by Paul M. Lloyd (1987)"In modem Spanish the results of this apocope are limited to words in which the /-e/
follows a single apical consonant: dental, liquid, sibilant, or nasal, ..."

5.Studies and Notes in Philology and Literature (1894)"apocope of weak -e after a syllable having a secondary accent (ten Brink, ...
apocope of weak -e immediately after the syllable bearing the main accent. ..."

6.Versification of the Cauderna Vía as Found in Berceo's Vida de Santo Domingo by John Driscoll Fitz-Gerald (1905)"apocope. • apocope is the disappearance of a final vowel, ... Time following is
the list of time cases of apocope that appear in our poem'. i. ..."